Hiring is expensive, and takes time. What if, instead, you skipped all the paperwork and simply hired people who express interest in the job? You then invest the money afterwards, in helping them do the job well. «Open Hiring» will not work for all types of jobs, but it can offer the opportunity for more diverse talent that would otherwise be ignored. Takeaway: «Performance problems are usually driven by what is happening in an employee’s life today, not by their past.

From Weekly Filet #330, in January 2021.